Call for Papers
2008 Workshop of Medical and Bio-Informatics
(in conjunction with ICS 2008)

 

November 13-15, 2008, Tamkang University, Damsui, Taipei County, Taiwan, R.O.C.

http://ics2008.csie.tku.edu.tw

 

Sponsored by

Ministry of Education

Computer Society of the Republic of China

The National Science Council, and

Tamkang University

 

2008 International Workshop on Medical and Bio-Informatics intends to provide a forum for researchers, educators, and professionals to exchange their discoveries and practices, and to explore future trends and applications in medical and bio-informatics. Your presentation at the workshop would be an excellent opportunity for you to meet colleagues and to discuss technology advancements. A selected number of accepted papers will be expanded and revised for publication in special issues of Journal of Information Science and Engineering (SCI cited), Journal of Internet Technology (EI cited), and The International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (EI cited). This year, ICS 2008 is held in one of the best locations for conference in Taiwan. Tamkang University is located close to the northern seashore of Taiwan, with nearby famous sightseeing spots such as Yang-Ming Mountain and the National Palace Museum.

 

Possible topics of interest include, but are not limited to

  • Gene expression analysis
  • Gene identification and annotation  
  • Protein/RNA structure prediction
  • RNAi and microRNA analysis
  • Sequence and structural motifs
  • Microarray analysis  
  • Modeling of biochemical pathways
  • Drug design
  • Genomics and proteomics
  • Systems biology
  • Comparative genomics and evolutionary biology
  • Medical signal/image processing
  • Computer assisted surgery
  • Medical/ healthcare informatics
  • Integration of medical and biological databases
  • Visualization of medical and biological processes
  • Biomedical text mining and information extraction

Submission Guideline

All submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare PDF files of their full papers. Papers must be written in ENGLISH and not exceed 6 single-spaced and two-column pages using at least 10 point size type. The instructions of electronic submission will be posted on the website http://ics2008.csie.tku.edu.tw together with the style files.

Paper format: http://ics2008.csie.tku.edu.tw/docs/paper_format.pdf

 

Important dates

Paper Submission Due: 10 August, 2008

Acceptance Notification: 20 September, 2008

Final Camera-Ready Due: 30 September, 2008

 

 

Organization

Chair: Vincent Shin-Mu Tseng (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)

Co-Chair: Hui-Huang Hsu (Tamkang University, Taiwan)

Co-Chair: Satoru Miyano (University of Tokyo, Japan)

 

Program Committee

Yutaka Akiyama (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

Masanori Arita (University of Tokyo, Japan)

Pau-Choo Chung (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)

Kun-Mao Chao (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Yi-Ping Phoebe Chen (Deakin University, Australia)

Jake Chen (Indianan Univ, USA)

Jung-Hsien Chiang (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)

Chien-Yeh Hsu, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan

Chun-Nan Hsu (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Wen-Lian Hsu (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Hsuan-Cheng Huang (National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan)

Jenn-Kang Hwang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)

Jorng-Tzong Horng (National Central University, Taiwan)

Xiaohua Tony Hu (Drexel Univ, USA)

Hsueh-Fen Juan (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Cheng-Yen Kao (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Ming-Tat Ko (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Yu-Chuan (Jack) Li, (National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan)

Henry Horng-Shing Lu (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)

Yun-Nien Sun (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)

Chuan-Yi Tang (National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan)

Shusaku Tsumoto (Shimane University, Japan)

Limsoon Wong (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

Chang-Biau Yang (National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan)

Ueng-Cheng Yang (National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan)

 

 

Contact

Dr. Hui-Huang Hsu

Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering

Tamkang University

Tamsui, Taiwan

E-mail: h_hsu@mail.tku.edu.tw

 

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